I really enjoyed Bravely Default but only got about fifteen minutes into BD2 before thinking "God help me I cannot do this again." Having it on the Switch might push me over the edge, though...

, although I got through it eventually (with absolutely no desire to do any of the post-endgame-ish grinding content).

At the very least, BD2 has a hell of a lot less canonical repetition, even if the game world is about the same size. Which is not to say that it has no repetition, but that's kind of telegraphed by some of the gameplay mechanics.

I preferred bravely second to the first one, it just seemed more fun, lots of cheesy jokes and ridiculous job roles. I really liked the demo which fleshed out the new characters and helped make some of the earlier plot twists impactful. I would happily bravely third!

I preferred bravely second to the first one, it just seemed more fun, lots of cheesy jokes and ridiculous job roles. I really liked the demo which fleshed out the new characters and helped make some of the earlier plot twists impactful. I would happily bravely third!

Seriously, Bravely Default 2's demo is how every RPG demo should be. It's kind of incredible what they did with it -- I was completely floored by the early plot twists as a result of the demo.

SwitchACA NeoGeo The King of Fighters '96 - $7.99 / £6.29 / €6.99
Digital - [NA] [EU]THE KING OF FIGHTERS '96 is a fighting game released by SNK in 1996.

A total of 27 playable characters are available. New game mechanics such as the Emergency Evasion, short and mid-hops make their entry for the first time in the legendary series, adding a new depth to the fights. The story focuses on the second chapter of the Orochi trilogy.

Two brothers fight with evil to rescue Marian, who has been kidnapped by violent organisation.

DragonFangZ: The Rose and Dungeon of Time - $24.99 / £17.99 / €19.99 (Dec 19 NA / Dec 26 EU)
Digital - [NA] [EU]Rose is a human and a half dragon. One day, she wanders into the world called "Tree of time" with a fairy instead of a parent. The treasure falls asleep deep under the dungeon in the world. So, they try the dungeon to return to the their home with the power of treasure! This is a wonderful rogue-like game. If she dies in adventure, she loses all items and the level is reset. And because the dungeon transforms with every play through, the quest will never be the same. Your courage and growth will be the power to clear the dungeon!

Energy Cycle - $ ? / £2.69 / € ? (Dec 25)
Digital - [NA] [EU]Energy Cycle – a new puzzle game from the developers of Energy Balance. When you click each cell on the game field it changes colour, along with the colours of adjacent cells horizontally and vertically. Your task is to bring all the cells to the same colour. Sounds pretty easy, but try to do it!

Energy Cycle features three modes for every taste:

Puzzle – without a timer. Pre-designed puzzles

Time Attack – with a timer and scoring. Random puzzles

Infinite Play – without a timer. Like Time Attack, but you can play it forever

Mecho Tales - $9.99 / £7.49 / € ? (Dec 14 NA / Dec 28 EU)
Digital - [NA] [EU]An all-new adventure in the world of Mecho Wars! Run and shoot through chaotic platforming levels filled with spikes, bottomless pits and an army of deadly robots. Go it alone or team up with your friends in 4-player local multiplayer. Directed by Luc Bernard.

A secluded world of mystery has succumbed to an ominous darkness. You must travel through the fallen lands, light magical braziers and banish the darkness once and for all.

Unlock amazing powerups and use the ones you like the most to overcome increasingly challenging levels, Chained Orbs, Rock Orbs and Survival challenges. Can you carve a path of light through the darkness?

SteamWorld Heist: Ultimate Edition is fully optimized for Nintendo Switch™. It comes with "The Outsider" campaign, including a mysterious ally and a shipload of weapons, upgrades, hats, and missions previously only available as DLC.

As the captain, you board, loot and shoot your way through enemy spaceships. Overcome the challenges of the vast frontier by upgrading your recruits with unique abilities, weapons – and even stylish hats!

Steamworld Heist also commissioned some songs from Steam Powered Giraffe, a band of former mimes who made some unique shanty songs for the soundtrack. They are a pretty good band*, even though they've now dropped their excellent bassist for a far less entertaining one.

Hereby it is manifest that during the time men live without a common power to keep them all in awe, they are in that condition which is called war; and such a war as is of every man against every man.

Fun Shoe

Just got Darksiders: Warmastered Edition for Wii U for $4 thanks to the 80% off sale it was on. I suspect that this is the final non-VC purchase I make on the Wii U, but there'll probably be plenty more Virtual Console stuff I get for the old thing.

Just got Darksiders: Warmastered Edition for Wii U for $4 thanks to the 80% off sale it was on. I suspect that this is the final non-VC purchase I make on the Wii U, but there'll probably be plenty more Virtual Console stuff I get for the old thing.

I hope they keep up with the TurboGrafx VC releases at least until Rondo of Blood.

Just port Dracula X Chronicles on there so I can buy it a third time and SOTN a fifth I guess?

A Castlevania Collection featuring SOTN and remasters of the GBA and DS games would be perfect on the Switch. Or hell, release them separately if you have to, Konami. You don't have much else going for you now that you dumped Kojima.

A Castlevania Collection featuring SOTN and remasters of the GBA and DS games would be perfect on the Switch. Or hell, release them separately if you have to, Konami. You don't have much else going for you now that you dumped Kojima.

We're announcing a PC collection for the Castlevania series that's just the roms on a disc. Oh and also the GBA & DS titles have *BRAND NEW* pirate intros. You can pick up this revolutionary collection from Jerry in the parking lot.

Porting the Silent Hill collection for all consoles that are named Xbox One X, and this time we reduced the framerate to 10 and gave it a super new *SILENT VOICE ACTING* for the true authentic experience (Silent Hill Collection shows up on the backwards compatibility list).

A Castlevania Collection featuring SOTN and remasters of the GBA and DS games would be perfect on the Switch. Or hell, release them separately if you have to, Konami. You don't have much else going for you now that you dumped Kojima.

Booming arcade business and health club owner Konami dead after Metal Gear man no longer bleeds money from them.

Booming arcade business and health club owner Konami dead after Metal Gear man no longer bleeds money from them.

Yeah, I'm an American posting in a consoles thread. I don't give a flying gently caress about Konami's arcade games or health clubs. I'm of the opinion that they touchdown spiked everybody at Konami who makes games I actually care about into the garbage can, and so far they're living up to that assessment via Bomberman.

Yeah, I'm an American posting in a consoles thread. I don't give a flying gently caress about Konami's arcade games or health clubs. I'm of the opinion that they touchdown spiked everybody at Konami who makes games I actually care about into the garbage can, and so far they're living up to that assessment via Bomberman.

Oh, don't get me wrong. It's 100% valid when people say that Konami is basically dead to them because of squandered franchises and the like, but it's hilarious when capital-G Gamers think they somehow hold Konami's financials hostage by not buying Super Bomberman R or Metal Gear Survive. Hell, Konami owns Yu-Gi-OH!, which has a new mobile game that makes tons on top of the traditional TCG, and PES, which they only seem to market to Brazil and Portugal where they're making something of a killing on soccer games anyway.

Yeah, I'm an American posting in a consoles thread. I don't give a flying gently caress about Konami's arcade games or health clubs. I'm of the opinion that they touchdown spiked everybody at Konami who makes games I actually care about into the garbage can, and so far they're living up to that assessment via Bomberman.

They're too busy putting out Hudson's Turbografx-16 games on the Wii U virtual console to really focus on anything else right now.

While traveling from Liverpool to New York, your ship was pulled down into a massive maelstrom. You woke up in a place that may never have been gazed upon by the eyes of men. From now on, your goal is to ascend from the center of the Earth and find your way back to civilization.

Azkend 2 is a casual match-three puzzle game with more than 60 levels of impeccably polished gameplay. Discover and equip more than a dozen unique powerups, and complete hidden object minigames on your journey.

Grand Prix Rock 'N Racing gives you the fastest, most exciting races. You can evolve your car, improving the engine, brakes, tires and more until you've achieved the perfect evolution to win the Championship!

Online leader board where you can compare your best times with those of your friends and players from around the world.

Pic-a-Pix Deluxe - $7.99 / £6.99 / €7.99
Digital - [NA] [EU]Pic-a-Pix are exciting logic puzzles that form whimsical pixel-art pictures when solved. Pic-a-Pix are sometimes known by other names, such as Picross, Nonogram, Paint by Numbers, Griddlers, Hanjie and many more.

Solve puzzles with a friend - or the whole family - with co-op play for up to 4 players using any combination of controllers! In handheld mode, immerse yourself with intuitive touchscreen controls.

Pic-a-Pix Deluxe now includes classic black and white picross, as well as color puzzles, which use color-coded clues to add a new dimension to the game.

There are 150 color and 150 classic puzzles, all designed by Conceptis Ltd and all brand new! Puzzles range in difficulty and size from introductory 5x5 pictures up to challenging 35x25 grids!

Content previously available in Pic-a-Pix Color on Nintendo 3DS and Wii U can be downloaded as DLC, and extra add-on packs will be released regularly.